surveoir

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Old French

Verb

surveoir

  1. Alternative form of sourveoir
    • Guillaume de Tyre
      Fist li rois fere deus chastiaus de fust mout biaus et mout hauz dont on poot surveoir toute la ville
      The king had two castles built with beautiful, high beams from which one could survey the whole city

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem survoi distinct from the unstressed stem surve, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.